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Jim Tressel (National Champion, ex-President, Youngstown State University, CFB HOF)

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Chasing a legend
Jim Tressel has a chance to pass Woody Hayes as Ohio State's winningest coach, but he doesn't think it would make them equals
Sunday, August 29, 2010
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH


In a discussion of greatest Ohio State football coaches, when does Jim Tressel's name start getting mentioned on the same level as Woody Hayes?

"Never," Tressel said, "because I'm not going to be there 28 years. So you can't get to that level until you've paid your dues that long."

It's true that Tressel is unlikely to coach the Buckeyes as long as Hayes did. Tressel was hired at age 48, and he has said he does not want to coach into his 70s.

But at the rate Tressel is winning, he won't have to coach 28 years or into his 70s to surpass Hayes' school record of 205 victories.

Tressel begins his 10th season Thursday. He is 94-21, which means he could reach 100 wins as soon as Oct.9 against Indiana, in his 121st game. Even if the Buckeyes lose to both of their ranked early-season opponents - the University of Miami and Wisconsin - the 100th would come as soon as his 123rd game, Oct.23 against Purdue.

That's more than 20 games quicker than Hayes, who reached 100 on Nov.5, 1966, in his 144th game.

"That's quite an achievement," said Bob Tucker, who worked for Tressel for 12 years as an assistant coach and director of football operations at Youngstown State and Ohio State. "But how that compares to Woody or anyone else, I don't think Jim Tressel knows or cares. It has to be something he's proud of quietly and in his own way."

By the end of this season, Tressel could be more than halfway to Hayes' total. If he continues his .817 winning percentage, Tressel could reach 206 wins late in the 2019 season, or early in 2020.

He would turn 67 in December 2019.
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http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/08/29/chasingalegend.html?sid=101
 
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Not to get this convo started in the wrong direction but does anyone else think once Tressel does step down (which I think will be within 10 years) that Bo Pelini would probably be next in line?

It's gonna suck though they day we lose Tress, He may not be the best coach but I think he's the best OVERALL coach in the country. He wins, but he wins the right way.
 
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I think "next in line" includes so many variables that keep moving and changing, including the timing of the various coaching vacancies, the contract limitations on those coaches, the variable of wins and losses that make any successor a "hot" coach at the time of the need (see Colorado's coach going from can't miss genius to incompetent and a guy like Urban coming from not a Head Coach to BCSNC in six years), let alone the key factors of who will be the AD and President when a change happens, that it is almost impossible to guess at a successor.
 
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IIRC, his contract expires after the 2014 season. I doubt he extends it. That would give him 14 years here as head coach...he was head coach at Youngstown for 15 seasons. He'll probably feel that 29 straight years as a head coach is about enough. So, gang, I think we have only five more seasons to enjoy JT as our head coach.
 
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muffler dragon;1755447; said:
I just don't know how "easily" that would be done with it being in conference and all.
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OSU will do what is best for them. If Dantonio were a stud coach and not just a so-so one, they'd gobble him up without a second thought.
 
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